The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused the New York Times of unlawfully rejecting a white male editor for a promotion, the 10th Circuit rejected a suit from a white ex-correction officer over racial sensitivity training, and the NFL is facing a subpoena from Florida's attorney general over its diversity policies. Here's a roundup of the notable diversity, equity and inclusion-related legal developments we've seen so far in May.
A Nebraska minimum wage law dispute will likely wind up in court after a city proceeded with an ordinance that the state's attorney general deemed in conflict with an upcoming state law, turning the Cornhusker State into the latest battleground in the nationwide preemption debate, attorneys said. Here, Law360 explores the situation.
The National Labor Relations Board has backed an agency judge's order forcing an Illinois sprinkler installer to read to employees a notice of its federal labor law violations, ruling that the company's actions in response to a union organizing campaign justified the "extraordinary remedies."